Picot Edge, Ribbing and Belt Loops

Jenna Adorno demonstrates how to knit a very feminine sweater with a seamless contsruction and minimal finishing needed.

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Looking for a sweater pattern that will really make people stand up and take notice? Today's guest, Jenna Adorno, introduces her feminine pink sweater (figure A), knit totally in the round with a simple, seamless construction that requires minimal finishing. The body and sleeves are knit in separate tubes and then joined together at the underarm and decreased at the neck.

Picot (eyelet) edging.

Knit-O-Meter Rating: Intermediate

Materials and Tools:

Rowan All Seasons Cotton (60 percent cotton, 40 percent acrylic; 50g/98yds): 2 (3, 3, 4, 4) skeins #202 Light Pink (MC)
Muench GGH Soft Kid (70 percent kid mohair, 25 percent nylon, 5 percent wool; 5g/154yds): 2 (2, 2, 3, 3) skeins #005 Light Pink (CC)
5 US 5 (3.75mm) double-pointed needles
2 US 7 (4.5mm) double-pointed needles
US 5 (3.75mm) 24" circular needle
US 7 (4.5mm) 24" circular needle
2 yards 2"-wide ribbon, black
stitch holders

Size
XS (S, M, L, XL)
Finished chest: 30 (34, 36, 40, 42)"
Finished length: 20 (21, 22, 23, 24)"

Note: Remember that many yarns are seasonal and could be discontinued. If the specific yarn called for is not available, purchase a substitution yarn that comes closest to the specified gauge in your pattern. And be sure to make that all-important swatch to see whether the yarn works for your particular pattern.

Gauge
16 sts and 22 rows = 4" in St st with MC and larger needles
28 sts and 34 rows = 4" in St st with CC and smaller needlesPicot Edging, Ribbing and Belt Loops
With MC and larger circular needle, CO 120 (132, 142, 154, 164) sts.
Join and work 2 rnds in St st.
Next rnd: (YO, k2tog), rep to end
Work 2 rnds in St st.
Next rnd: Fold hem in half at the eyelet row and pick up one st from the CO edge and k tog with one st from the needle, rep to end.
Next rnd: [Work 9 (10, 9, 10, 9) sts, inc1] 12 (12, 14, 14, 16) times, work 0 (0, 2, 0, 4) sts [132 (144, 156, 168, 180) sts].
Work even in K2, p2 rib for 9(9.5, 10, 10.5, 11)".

Figure B

Belt Loops
*With larger dpns, inc1 twice (4 sts). With these four sts, work in I-cord for 11 rows (figure B). BO and break yarn, leaving a 6" long tail.
Join yarn to the sts on the circular needle, work 10 sts . Rep from * to end of round [11 (12, 13, 14, 15) belt loops].